An axion-induced SM/MSSM Higgs landscape and the weak gravity conjecture

A Herráez, LE Ibáñez - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017 - Springer
Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017Springer
A bstract We construct models in which the SM Higgs mass scans in a landscape. This is
achieved by coupling the SM to a monodromy axion field through Minkowski 3-forms. The
Higgs mass scans with steps given by δm 2 H≃ ημf, where μ and f are the axion mass and
periodicity respectively, and η measures the coupling of the Higgs to the associated 3-form.
The observed Higgs mass scale could then be selected on anthropic grounds. The
monodromy axion may have a mass μ in a very wide range depending on the value of η …
Abstract
We construct models in which the SM Higgs mass scans in a landscape. This is achieved by coupling the SM to a monodromy axion field through Minkowski 3-forms. The Higgs mass scans with steps given by δm 2 H≃ ημf, where μ and f are the axion mass and periodicity respectively, and η measures the coupling of the Higgs to the associated 3-form. The observed Higgs mass scale could then be selected on anthropic grounds. The monodromy axion may have a mass μ in a very wide range depending on the value of η, and the axion periodity f. For η≃ 1 and f≃ 10 10 GeV, one has 10− 3 eV≲ μ≲ 10 3 eV, but ultralight axions with eg μ≃ 10− 17 eV are also possible. In a different realization we consider landscape models coupled to the MSSM. In the context of SUSY, 4-forms appear as being part of the auxiliary fields of SUSY multiplets. The scanning in the 4-forms thus translate into a landscape of vevs for the N= 1 auxiliary fields and hence as a landscape for the soft terms. This could provide a rationale for the MSSM fine-tuning suggested by LHC data. In all these models there are 3-forms coupling to membranes which induce transitions between different vacua through bubble nucleation. The Weak Gravity Conjecture (WGC) set limits on the tension of these membranes and implies new physics thresholds well below the Planck scale. More generaly, we argue that in the case of string SUSY vacua in which the Goldstino multiplet contains a monodromy axion the WGC suggests a lower bound on the SUSY breaking scale m 3/2≳ M 2 s/M p.
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